Monday, February 4, 2013

Upcycled jewelry stand!

I'm a little excited about this project.... Here is your sneak peek.

Here's
the thing. I picked up 4 table legs (solid wood, heavy ones!) about 3
years ago (I know, I know) off the curb, and have been waiting for the
right project to use them. I'm VERY blessed to have a hubby who puts up
with my collection of found objects until inspiration strikes! Paired
with a broken wire lampshade, I finally concocted the perfect idea, to
make a jewelry display rack! I started with this:

A solid wooden table
leg, with 3" large screw sticking out of the top. I fixed the broken
wire parts of the lamp with electrical tape, and started wrapping to
secure it. At this point I was going to use ribbon, but I liked the way
the tape looked, so I wrapped the whole thing. (I'm glad I did, as the ribbon probably would have been too thick or bulky to hang earrings from.) Then I found a few
wooden beads to put on the top for a little 'finial' effect, to cover
the top of the leg screw thingymajig. Next.... what color to paint?

A
quick text to my master crafter gal pal Cindy and we decided on black. I
was thinking maybe Tiffany blue, but I didn't want the holder to
compete with the jewelry. 2 coats of matte black spray paint later...
and it's taking shape! I used a stinky heavy duty crafty glue to seal
it all together.

Ta-daaaa!
On the table top. Yes, I know, I have LOTS of jewelry. NO, it is not
too much. Do you know how I know? Because this is less than 1/2 of my
necklaces. So, judge me, see if I care. lol. 90% of this is handmade
by me or another artisan (usually I trade paintings for jewelry when I
do art shows) or gifts, the rest is vintage from thifting.

My finial turned out cute! It's 3 wooden beads stacked on top of each other. :)

On the dresser in it's home-sweet-home. Yay!

If you don't happen to have a random solid wood table leg lying around needing a new life, you could totally just do this with an old lamp that doesn't work. $3-5 at the thrift store will do just fine. :)